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What does hunt mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word hunt? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To chase down prey and (usually) kill it.
  2. (transitive) To try to find something; search (for).
  3. (transitive) To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
  4. (transitive) To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.
  5. (transitive) To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
  6. (bell-ringing, transitive) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
  7. (bell-ringing, intransitive) To shift up and down in order regularly.
  8. (engineering, intransitive) To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, etc.; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.
Noun
  1. The act of hunting.
  2. A hunting expedition.
  3. An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to such an organization (capitalized if the name of a specific organization).
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